Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is being let out of prison after serving less than half of his sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014. CNN values your feedback 1.

Charles Leto, 55, has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm ...

A judge sentenced Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of second-degree murder for killing Laquan McDonald, to more than six years behind bars on Friday. The sentence was a ...

Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer convicted of murdering 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, was sentenced to 81 months, or 6 years and 9 months, in prison and two years mandatory supervised ...

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke enters the courtroom for his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Jan. 18, 2019, in Chicago. Antonio Perez/Getty Images, FILE.

Updated at 9:09 p.m. ET. Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced on Friday to six years and nine months in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald — an event that ...

Jason Van Dyke is escorted into the courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Dec. 14, 2018. Van Dyke must now complete his term of mandatory supervised release, ...

Jason Van Dyke's lead defense attorney, Daniel Herbert, left, and prosecutor Jody Gleason, center, appear before the judge's bench during the sixth day of Jason Van Dyke's murder trial for the ...

The officer, Jason Van Dyke, became the city’s first patrolman in almost 50 years to be convicted of murder. The teenager, Laquan McDonald, became a national symbol of police brutality.

"What Jason Van Dyke did in shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times, he deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison," Calloway said. "To me in my eyes, Jason Van Dyke is a racist murderer." ...

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke earned early release from prison. Activists now seek federal charges for violating McDonald's civil rights. He was 17 when he was killed in 2014.

Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, has been found guilty of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery.